The Batesville Lady Bulldog Softball team was defeated by Lawrenceburg last night by a score of 3-2.
Lawrenceburg got on top in the first inning after an infield throwing error by the Bulldogs allowed the batter to advance to 2nd. A ground out and a lazy single to shallow right field allowed Nagel to score.
Lawrenceburg kept the Bulldogs off balance and only allowed 4 hits on the game, and held them scoreless until the 5th inning when Oldham was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Wilson reached on an error, advancing Oldham to 2nd. Waechter grounded out, but advanced Wilson and Oldham to scoring position. The both then scored when Garcia hit the ball down the right field line.
Both teams were scoreless again into the 7th inning. Lawrenceburg started their 7th with another lazy low pop up to right field just out of the reach of a diving 2nd baseman, Burkhart. McCool then doubled to CF to advance the courtesy runner, Helert to 3rd. Sturgill then flied out with a low pop up to Huffner. A ground ball single to left field scored the tying run. Another lazy fly ball to shallow left field scored the winning run.
The four Batesville hits came from Garcia, Laker, Burkhart, and Waechter.
Obermeyer finished the game with a full 7 innings with 3 strikeouts and 0 walks. She threw 59 pitches to 25 batters and only allowed 5 hits which gave her a .789 WHIP (Walks plus hits per inning pitched).
Wilson finished the game with 9 putouts while Cornn ended with 5. Obermeyer and Burkhart each recorded 3 assists each. As a team, the Bulldogs recorded a .964 Fielding Percentage.
‘I thought the Bulldogs played a really good game, but just came up short at the end. It is definitely an improvement over the last few games. We really need to get our bats going as we have only scored 6 runs in three games.’ Bulldogs Coach Randy Obermeyer.
Next up – Connersville away on Thursday with a 5:30 game time.
The JV Lady Bulldogs traveled to Lawrenceburg Tuesday evening and defeated the Lady Tigers by a score of 13-0. The Bulldogs were aggressive early and often at the dish, slugging out 13 hits on the evening.
Batesville charged out of the gate to an early 3-0 lead after one inning and continued to tack on the runs throughout the night. The Bulldogs added three more runs in the second, four in the third, and three more Bulldogs came around to score in the top half of the fifth.
The Bulldogs also had an impressive night in the field as they didn’t commit a single error.
The JV Bulldogs were led at the plate by Paige Oldham who went 4-4 on the night. Oldham had a triple, two doubles, and single while driving in six Bulldog runs. Chloe Saler, Hannah Nunlist, and Anna Gerth added two hits a piece while Callie Main, Gwen Martin, and McKenzie Laker each had one. Main and Gerth each came around to score 3 times in the game.
Abby Westerfeld hurled three terrific innings for the Bulldogs striking out seven Lady Tiger hitters and allowed only two hits. Oldham came on in relief and finished off the final two innings punching out three batters while giving up just a single hit.
The JV Bulldogs put all the pieces together for a strong outing and I look forward to continuing the momentum into the next game.
Batesville JV softball will next be in action Friday evening at home against South Dearborn.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Stacey Kessens.